Here are a few of my nursing school/CNA must haves:
- Stethoscope name tag – the etsy store is on vacation right now but she needs to hurry back! I need a new one on my adult sized stethoscope! Standard name tags are really hard to read, but if you toss this around your neck or use one of the badge reels, patients can easily see your name. (I have a badge reel for work that I love! I went through several cheaper badge reels but whatever she uses as a base is sturdy enough to handle the 18 million times a day at work that I pull out my badge to open a door!)
- Nurse cards – These are a great resource with lab values and signs/symptoms. Great for a study resource or to help you out if your brain suddenly goes blank!
- Myndology index cards – I have never been a huge fan of index cards, but I love these little pocket cards. I stick them in my pockets at work and clinicals and when I have a spare second I quiz myself.
- Pocket organizer. I have two–one for work, and one for clinicals. The one for work lives in my locker, the one for clinicals lives in my clinicals bag. Inside my work pocket organizer I keep a multi colored pen, a black pen, highlighter, sharpie, scissors, and a white board marker. Inside my clinicals organizer I keep
- Multi colored pen
- Scissors and pen light (came with the organizer)
- Sharpie
- Alcohol wipes
- Chapstick
- A small tube of essential oils (I like Bergamont for when I feel like I smell like the poop I’ve been cleaning up all day. I prefer the non FCF version, but it looks like they don’t carry it anymore)
- Cash + my ID/debit card (I have to remember to move these two things back and forth between my purse and the organizer. I am successful approximately 40% of the time.)
